Purdue Libraries and School of Information Studies News

April 15th, 2014

If you haven’t had the opportunity to check out the display created by international students on the history of international students at Purdue, you are in for a treat! The display is currently up in the Hicks Undergraduate Library. The students who created it volunteered all of their own time, coming to the archives over more…

February 27th, 2014

Purdue plans to merge six of its current libraries into one facility, the Active Learning Center, by the fall of 2017. via Active Learning Center, planned for 2017, to merge libraries into one – Purdue Exponent: Campus.

October 31st, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, IN — Purdue University Libraries is helping connect researchers to their research by participating in ORCID, a non-profit organization that registers researchers’ identities and links them across different systems that manage scholarly information, associating researchers with their publications, grants and patents. ORCID also helps researchers, especially those with common names to get appropriate more…

September 9th, 2013

Access to Springer content  is currently unavailable due to an unforeseen issue affecting all subscribers in North America.  Purdue University Libraries is actively working with our vendor to quickly provide a resolution.  We will update the Purdue University Libraries website when this resource is back up and running.  Thank you.

September 9th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – Purdue University Libraries on Sept. 13 will celebrate the Hicks Undergraduate Library’s ground floor renovation with live music, refreshments and games. The “Hicks Renovation Celebration” will take place 4-7 p.m. in Hicks Undergraduate Library ground floor level.  Purdue Libraries will also launch a video contest, “Why I love Purdue Libraries,” during more…

September 9th, 2013

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – A key document ensuring that Purdue University would flourish during its formative years became part of Purdue University archives on Saturday (Sept. 7). A Release of Mortgage – a document filed when a loan has been paid in full – from the estate of university founder John Purdue was presented during more…

August 30th, 2013

Welcome to Database of the Week.  This feature from the Roland G. Parrish Library of Management & Economics is intended to give you a brief introduction to a database that you may not know.  These weekly snapshots will have only basic information about our most relevant and beneficial online resources, and hopefully tempt you to more…

August 21st, 2013

August 8th, 2013

  Libraries IT Customer Service Announcement:   Date/Duration of Event: From Friday August 9 @ 11:00pm to Saturday August 10 @ 8:00pm   Description of Event: General power outage to the main server room in MATH B60.  They are upgrading the electrical system to the server room and need all equipment powered off.   Services more…

August 7th, 2013

  This year’s Common Reading Program selection is “No Impact Man: The Adventures of a Guilty Liberal Who Attempts to Save the Planet and the Discoveries He Makes about Himself and Our Way of Life in the Process” by Colin Beavan.  The author will talk about his attempt to become No Impact Man on Sunday, more…